Improvement in washing-machines



A. HART. Washing-Machine.

w No. 214,386. Patented April 15,1879.

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UNITED STATES ABNER HART, OF OGDEN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,386, dated April15, 1879 application filed February 14, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABNER HART, of Ogden, inthe county of Ohampaign and State of Eli nois, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved machine, parts being broken awayto show the construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a detail top view of a part of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine forwashing clothes, which shall be simple in construction, convenient inuse, and efl'ective in operation, washing the clothes very quickly, verythoroughly, and with a comparatively small amount of labor.

The invention consists in the combination of the recessed pounders, theair-pum ps, and the pivoted hand-lever with the frame-work, foroperating upon clothes in a tub; in the combination of the treadles orfoot-levers and the connecting bars with the hand lever,- the pounders,the air-pumps, and the frame-work of the machine; and in the combinationof the rotating table with the pounders, the airpumps, the hand-lever,and the frame-work of the machine, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the base-frame of the machine, which is made of such a length andbreadth as will give the machine a firm support.

To the middle part of the end bars of the base-frame A is secured theupright frame B, which is strengthened in position by braces 11 To thecenter of one side of the top bar of the frame B is pivoted the centerof a lever, G, to which, at each side of and at equal distances from itscenter, are pivoted the upper ends of two bars, D.

To the lower ends of the bars D are attached the heaters or pounders E,the lower sides of which are concaved or recessed, as shown in Fig. 1.

To the pounders E are attached pump-barrels F, which incline from eachother, and the lower ends of which open into the cavities of the saidpounders. In the barrels'F work the pistons G, which are attached to thelower ends of the rods H.

The upper ends of the piston-rods H are pivoted to the lever O at alittle distance from the upper ends of the pounder-rods D. The upperends of the rods D H are pivoted to pins in notches in the side of thelever O, and are secured in place, detachably, by buttons 0, as shown inFig. 1.

The rods D work in guide-notches in the middle cross-bar of the frame B,where they are secured in place by a button, b

With this construction, by vibrating the le ver 0 the pounders E will bemoved up and down alternately, and at the same time the pumps F G H willbe worked, to force air into and through the clothes as the pounders arepressing them down in the tub.

The tub to receive the clothes and suds is placed upon a circular table,I, attached to the upper end of the pin J, which passes through abearing attached to the lowest crossbar of the frame B, and its lowerend works in a socket or thrust-bearing in a bar, a, attached to thebase-frame A.

By this construction, by the revolution of the table I J the differentparts of the clothes in the tub will be brought beneath the pounders E,so that all the clothes will be operated upon by the said pounders E andby the airpumps F G H.

To the front cross-bar of the base-frame A are hinged the treadles orfoot-levers K, to the free ends of which are pivoted the lower ends ofthe connecting-bars L.

The upper ends of the connecting-bars L are pivoted to the lever (J at alittle distance from the piston-rods H, so that the lever 0 may bevibrated to operate the machine by the feet of the operator, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination of the recessed'pounders D E, theair-pumps F G H, and the pivoted hand-lever (3 with the frame-work A B,r

levers K and the connectingbars I, with the II, the hand-lever (J, andthe frame-Work A B 1 hand lever C, the pounilers D E, the air of themachine, substantially as herein shown pumps F G H, and the frame-work A13 ot' the and described. 1 machine, substantially as herein shown andABNER HART. I described. \Vitnesses:

3. The combination of the rotating table I T. E. SILKEY, J with theponndel's l) E. the air-pumps F G ELI FENTER.

